Mihaela C. Stefan Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryDepartment of Bioengineering The University of Texas at Dallas

Current Address:

Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Texas at Dallas800 West Campbell Road, MS BE 26Richardson, TX 75080-3021

Phone: (972)-883-6581Fax: (972)-883-2925E-mail: mihaela@utdallas.eduWeb page: www.utdallas.edu/~mci071000/

Educational History:

Ph.D., 1998, Chemistry, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania Thesis: Synthesis of Random and Block Copolymers of Styrene by Anionic Polymerization

M.S., 1995, Chemistry, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania Thesis: Anionic Coordinative Polymerization of Dienes using Neodymium Catalysts

B.S., 1994, Chemical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania

Employment History-principal positions since the Bachelor’s degree:

Associate Professor, 08/01/2014-present, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Bioengineering, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX, 75080

Associate Professor, 08/01/2013-present, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX, 75080

Assistant Professor, 08/01/2007-08/01/2013, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX, 75080

Research Scientist (Research Faculty Track), 06/01/2006-08/01/2007, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213

Visiting Assistant Professor, 07/01/2003-06/01/2006, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213Advisor: Dr. Richard D. McCullough

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Postdoctoral Fellow, 02/01/2002-07/01/2003, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213Advisor: Dr. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Postdoctoral Fellow, 10/01/1999-01/01/2002, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South AfricaAdvisor: Dr. Selwyn Mapolie

Chemical Engineer, 02/01/1998-10/01/1999, National Institute for Chemical Research, Bucharest, Romania

Employment History-concurrent, temporary, or visiting appointments and consultantships:

Affiliate Faculty, 01/01/2009-present, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Visiting Assistant Professor, 09/01/1998-09/01/1999, Politehnica University of Bucharest

Professional recognitions and honors (study, teaching, research, service):

NS&M Outstanding Teacher Award, 2017, University of Texas at Dallas

Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring, 2015, University of Texas at Dallas

President’s Teaching Excellence Award, 2014, University of Texas at Dallas

Inclusive Teaching Diversity Award, 2012, University of Texas at Dallas

NSF Early Career Award, 2010-2015

NS&M Outstanding Teacher Award, 2009, University of Texas at Dallas

Student Merit Award, 1994-1995, Politehnica University of Bucharest

Professional memberships:

Materials Research Society, 2007 – present

American Chemical Society, 2002 – present

Achievements in original investigation:(Before 2008, Mihaela C. Stefan was published under the name Mihaela C. Iovu)

Books authored or co-authored:

1) Haynes, Dahlia; Stefan, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. Conjugated–Insulating Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Morphology, and Electronic Properties. In Semiconducting Polymer Composites: Principles, Morphologies, Properties and Applications, Yang, Xiaoniu, Ed.; Wiley-VCH: Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2012; pp 299-330. DOI: 10.1002/9783527648689.ch11.

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2) Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Peishen Huang; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Semiconducting Polymers: Polythiophenes. In Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012; pp 1-36. DOI: 10.1002/0471440264.pst628.

3) Ewbank, Paul C.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Sauve, Genevieve; McCullough, Richard D. Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Regioregular Polythiophene-Based Materials. In Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics, Perepichka, Igor F., Perepichka, Dmitrii F., Eds.; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK., 2009; pp 157-217. DOI: 10.1002/9780470745533.ch2.

4) Buzdugan, Emil; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Iovu, Horia Chemical Reactions of Polymers. In Printech, 1999 (in Romanian).

Articles in refereed journals:Independent contributions:

1) Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Yang, Annie; Nguyen, Hien Q.; McCandless Greg; Stefan, Mihaela C. Neodymium Catalyst for Polymerization of Dienes and Polar Vinyl Monomers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2017, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700427.

2) Washington, Katherine E.; Quiram, Gina; Nguyen, Angela; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Minary-Jolandan, Majid; Zimmern, Philippe; Stefan, Mihaela C. Bioerosion of Synthetic Sling Explants. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00614.

3) Du, Jia; Bulumulla, Chandima; Mejia, Israel; McCandless, Gregory T.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Evaluation of (E)-1,2-di(furan-2-yl)ethene as Building Unit in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Alternating Copolymers for Transistors. Polymer Chemistry 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7PY01373F.

4) Pathiranage, Taniya M.S.K.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Effect of Thiophene Spacers in Benzodithiophene Based Polymers for Organic Electronics. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2017, DOI: 10.1002/pola.28781.

5) Karmegam, Vasanthy; Soltantabar, Pooneh; Calubaquib, Erika Joy L.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi, N.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Biodegradable Aliphatic Polyesters for Drug Delivery. Material Matters 2017, 12, 37-41.

6) Pathiranage, Taniya M. S. K.; Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Niermann, Crystal N.; Ren, Yixin; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Role of Polythiophenes as Electroactive Materials. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2017, 55, 3327-3346. DOI: 10.1002/pola.28726.

7) Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; McCandless, Gregory T.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C. Systematic Variation of Thiophene Substituents in Photochromic Spiropyrans. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2017, 16, 1057-1062. DOI: 10.1039/C7PP00057J.

8) Du, Jia; Fortney, Andria; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; Stefan, Mihaela C. Benzodifuran and Furan Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole Alternating Copolymer for Organic Photovoltaics with High Fill Factor. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5,15591-15600. DOI: 10.1039/C7TA04618A. (1 Citation Google Scholar)

9) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Du, Jia; Ren, Yixin; Gillings, Matthew J.; Geng, Calvin X.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Thermoresponsive star-like γ-substituted

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poly(caprolactone)s for micellar drug delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2017, 5, 5632-5640. DOI: 10.1039/C7TB01291H. ((1 Citation Scifinder,1 Citation Google Scholar)

10) Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Washington, Katherine E.; Miller, Jason B.; Biewer, Michael C.; Oupicky, David; Siegwart, Daniel J.; Stefan, Mihaela C. HDAC Inhibitor Conjugated Polymeric Prodrug Micelles for Doxorubicin Delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2017, 5, 2106-2114. DOI:10.1039/C6TB03038. (1 Citation Scifinder 1, Citation Google Scholar)

11) Bulumulla, Chandima; Du, Jia; Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Influence of Functionalized Side Chains of Polythiophene Diblock Copolymers on the Performance of CdSe Quantum Dot Hybrid Solar Cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 2473-2477. DOI:10.1039/C6TA09573A. (1 Citation Scifinder, 1 Citation Google Scholar)

12) Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Sheina, Elena; Biewer, Michael C.; McCullough, Richard D.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Determination of Absolute Molecular Weight of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) by 1H-NMR Analysis. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2017, 55, 79-82. DOI: 10.1002/pola.28354. (1 Citation Scifinder, 1 Citation Google Scholar)

13) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Karmegam, Vasanthy; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Recent Advances in Aliphatic Polyesters for Drug Delivery Applications. WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 2017. 9, DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1446.

14) Du, Jia; Fortney, Andria; Washington, Katherine E.; Bulumulla, Chandima; Huang, Peishen; Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Biewer, Michael C.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; Stefan, Mihaela C. Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene-Benzothiadiazole Isomers for Organic Photovoltaics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 33025-33033. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11806. (2 Citation Google Scholar)

15) Pathiranage, Taniya M. S. K.; Kim, Minkyung; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Enhancing Long-Range Ordering of P3HT by Incorporating Thermotropic Biphenyl Mesogens via ATRP. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 6846-6857. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01378. (2 Citation Google Scholar)

16) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Du, Jia; Gillings, Matthew J.; Webb, Jack C.; Doan, Nicolette C.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis of Linear and Star-like Poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly{γ-2-[2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy-ε-caprolactone} Amphiphilic Block Copolymers using Zinc Undecylenate. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2016, 54, 3601-3608. DOI: 10.1002/pola.28246. (2 Citation Scifinder, 2 Citation Google Scholar)

17) Du, Jia; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Benzothiadiazole Building Units in Solution-Processable Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 15771-15787. DOI: 10.1039/C6TA06241E. (7 Citations Scifinder, 9 Citations Google Scholar)

18) Haseeb, Ridwan; Lau, Michael; Sheah, Max; Montagner, Francisco; Quiram, Gina; Palmer, Kelli; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Rodrigues, Danieli C. Synthesis and Characterization of New Chlorhexidine-Containing Nanoparticles for Root Canal Disinfection. Materials 2016, 9, 452-466. DOI: 10.3390/ma9060452. (3 Citations Google Scholar)

19) Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. PEG-Based Anti-Cancer Drug Conjugated Pro-Drug Micelles for the Delivery of Anti-Cancer

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Agents. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2016, 4, 360-370. DOI: 10.1039/C5TB02053K. (7 Citations Scifinder, 12 Citations Google Scholar)

20) Nagai, Atsushi; Miller, Jason B.; Du, Jia; Kos, Petra; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Siegwart, Daniel J. Biocompatible Organic Charge Transfer Complex Nanoparticles Based on a Semicrystalline Cellulose Template. Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 11168-11871. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03822G. (5 Citations Google Scholar)

21) Pathiranage, Taniya M. S. K.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Characterization of Side-chain Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene). Polymer 2015, 72, 317-326. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.04.005. (2 Citations Scifinder, 11 Citations Google Scholar)

22) Huang, Peishen; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Murphy, John W.; Black, Kevin T.; Barrera, Diego; Hsu, Julia W. P.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C. Benzodifuran and Benzodithiophene Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 6980-6989. DOI: 10.1039/C5TA00936G. (13 Citations Scifinder, 19 Citations Google Scholar)

23) Huang, Peishen; Du, Jia; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Developments of Furan and Benzodifuran Semiconductors for Organic Photovoltaics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 6244-6257. DOI: 10.1039/C4TA07111E. (18 Citations Scifinder, 25 Citations Google Scholar)

24) Holmes, Natalie P.; Nicolaidis, Nicolas; Feron, Krishna; Barr, Matthew; Bruke, Kerry B.; Al-Mudhaffer, Mohammed; Sista, Prakash; Kilcoyne, David A. L.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Zhou, Xiaojin Probing the Origin of Photocurrent in Nanoparticulate Organic Photovoltaics. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 2015, 140, 412-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.04.044. (6 Citations Scifinder, 4 Citations Google Scholar)

25) Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Sista, Prakash; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Hao, Jing; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers Containing Pyromellitic Diimide. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2015, 53, 1617-1622. DOI: 10.1002/pola.27607. (1 Citation Google Scholar)

26) Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Miller, Jason B.; Washington, Katherine E.; Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Siegwart, Daniel J.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Fine-Tuning Thermoresponsive Functional Poly(ε-caprolactone) to Enhance Micelle Stability and Drug Loading. Journal of Materials Chemistry Part B 2015, 3, 1779-1787. DOI: 10.1039/C4TB02016B. (10 Citations Scifinder, 12 Citations Google Scholar)

27) Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Recent Developments in Micellar Drug Carriers Featuring Substituted Poly(-caprolactone)s. Polymer Chemistry 2015, 6, 2369-2381. DOI: 10.1039/c4py01628a. (27 Citations Scifinder, 32 Citations Google Scholar)

28) Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Boonsith, Suthida; Oupicky, David; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Characterization of Valproic Acid Ester Pro-Drug Micelles via an Amphiphilic Polycaprolactone Block Copolymer Design. Polymer Chemistry 2015, 6, 2386-2389. DOI: 10.1039/c4py01808g. (5 Citations Scifinder, 7 Citations Google Scholar)

29) Kapllani, Alda; Dillard, Caitlin; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Kalra, Vihba Self-Assembly of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-Poly(-benzyl-L-glutamate) within

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Solution-Cast Films and Nanofibers. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2014, 299, 1484-1493. DOI: 10.1002/mame.201400148. (2 Citations Scifinder, 2 Citations Google Scholar)

30) Gunathilaka, Samodha S.; Huang, Peishen; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C. Nitrogen Containing Graphene-Like Structures from Pyrolysis of Pyrimidine Polymers for Polymer/Graphene Hybrid Field Effect Transistors. RSC Advances 2014, 4, 41997-42001. DOI: 10.1039/C4RA06498D.

31) Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Du, Jia; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Pathiranage, Taniya M. S. K.; Huang, Peishen; Reuther, James F.; Novak, Bruce M.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Nematic Poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) and its Application in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 16148-16156. DOI: 10.1039/C4TA02852J. (8 Citations Scifinder, 11 Citations Google Scholar)

32) Holmes, Natalie P.; Ulum, Syahrul; Sista, Prakash; Burke, Kerry B.; Wilson, Mitchell G.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Zhou, Xiaojing; Dastoor, Paul C.; Belcher, Warwick J. The Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight on P3HT:PCBM Nanoparticulate Organic Photovoltaic Device Performance. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 2014, 128, 369-377. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.046. (13 Citations Scifinder, 21 Citations Google Scholar)

33) Li, Yuanchao; Nese, Alper; Hu, Xiangqian; Lebedeva, Natalia V.; LaJoie, Travis W.; Burdynska, Joanna; Stefan, Mihaela C.; You, Wei; Yang, Weitao; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Sheiko, Sergei S. Shifting Electronic Structure by Inherent Tension in Molecular Bottlebrushes with Polythiophene Backbones. ACS Macro Letters 2014, 3, 738-742. DOI: 10.1021/mz5003323. (6 Citations Scifinder, 10 Citations Google Scholar)

34) Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Murphy, John W.; Sheina, Elena E.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Benzodithiophene Homopolymers Synthesized by Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) and Stille Coupling Polymerizations. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 8773-8781. DOI: 10.1039/c4ta01739k. (8 Citations Scifinder, 11 Citations Google Scholar)

35) Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Huang, Peishen; Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanostructured Materials for Organic Electronics Applications. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2014, 14, 1-18. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.8892. (14 Citations Scifinder, 19 Citations Google Scholar)

36) Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Taenzler, Ferdinand J.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Du, Jia; Murphy, John W.; Sheina, Elena E.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Structural Variation of Donor-Acceptor Copolymer Containing Benzodithiophene with Bithienyl Substituents to Achieve High Open Circuit Voltage in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, 15535-15543. DOI: 10.1039/C3TA13686H (25 Citations Scifinder, 31 Citations Google Scholar)

37) Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Towards Smart Polymeric Drug Carriers: Self-Assembling -Substituted Polycaprolactones with Highly Tunable Thermoresponsive Behavior. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2013, 1, 6532-6537. DOI: 10.1039/C3TB21488E. (15 Citations Scifinder, 17 Citations Google Scholar)

38) Holmes, Natalie P.; Burke, Kerry B.; Sista, Prakash; Barr, Matthew; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Kilcoyne, A. L. David; Zhou, Xiaojing; Dastoor, Paul C.; Belcher, Warwick J.

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Nano-Domain Behaviour in P3HT:PCBM Nanoparticles, Relating Material Properties to Morphological Changes. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 2013, 117, 437-445. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.003. (18 Citations Scifinder, 21 Citations Google Scholar)

39) Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Sista, Prakash; Sheina, Elena E.; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Janesko, Benjamin G.; McCullough, Richard D.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Role of the Transition Metal in Grignard Metathesis Polymerization (GRIM) of 3-Hexylthiophene. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, 12841-12849. DOI: 10.1039/C3TA13258G. (10 Citations Scifinder, 14 Citations Google Scholar)

40) Zhao, Lei; Feng, Chaowei; Pang, Xinchang; Jung, Jaehan; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Sista, Prakash; Han, Rui; Fang, Ning; Lin, Zhiqun Self-Assembly of a Conjugated Triblock Copolymer at the Air–Water Interface. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 8050-8056. DOI: 10.1039/C3SM51488A. (4 Citations Scifinder, 6 Citations Google Scholar)

41) Hao, Jing; Cheng, Yixing; Ranatunga, Udayana R. J. K.; Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Nielsen, Steven O.; Wang, Qian; Stefan, Mihaela C. A Combined Experimental and Computational Study of the Substituent Effect on Micellar Behavior of -Substituted Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Poly(-caprolactone)s. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 4829-4838. DOI: 10.1021/ma400855z. (18 Citations Scifinder, 23 Citations Google Scholar)

42) Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Huang, Peishen; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Semiconducting Polymers Containing Pyrimidine. Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4, 5216-5219. DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00137G. (12 Citations Scifinder, 17 Citations Google Scholar)

43) Sista, Prakash; Wilson, Mitchell; Holmes, Natalie; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Dastoor, Paul C.; Belcher, Warwick; Stefan, Mihaela C. Non-Dependence of Polymer to PCBM Weight Ratio on the Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Benzodithiophene Donor Polymer. Science of Advanced Materials 2013, 5, 512-518. DOI: 10.1166/sam.2013.1482. (2 Citations Scifinder, 3 Citations Google Scholar)

44) Hao, Jing; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Washington, Katherine E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis of Functionalized Poly(caprolactone)s and Their Application as Micellar Drug Delivery Systems. Current Organic Chemistry 2013, 17, 930-942. DOI: 10.2174/1385272811317090007. (15 Citations Scifinder, 24 Citations Google Scholar)

45) Sista, Prakash; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Mulholland, Michael E.; Wilson, Mitchell; Holmes, Natalie; Zhou, Xiaojing; Dastoor, Paul C.; Belcher, Warwick; Rasmussen, Seth C.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Photovoltaic Performance of Donor-Acceptor Polymers Containing Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene with Thienyl Substituents. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2013, 51, 2622-2630. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26650. (13 Citations Scifinder, 15 Citations Google Scholar)

46) Elkassih, Sussana A.; Sista, Prakash; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Papadimitratos, Alexios; Zakhidov, Anvar A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Phenothiazine Semiconducting Polymers for Light-Emitting Diodes. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2012, 214, 572-577. DOI: 10.1002/macp.201200642. (13 Citations Scifinder, 14 Citations Google Scholar)

47) Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Magurudenyia, Harsha D.; Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cells. Journal of Polymer

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Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2013, 51, 743-768. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26425. (117 Citations Scifinder, 143 Citations Google Scholar)

48) Nguyen, Hien Q.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Characterization of Polyisoprene-b-Polystyrene-b-Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Triblock Copolymer. Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4, 462-465. DOI: 10.1039/C2PY21009F. (5 Citations Scifinder, 8 Citations Google Scholar)

49) Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Sista, Prakash; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Bithienyl Substituents. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 7855-7862. DOI: 10.1021/ma301624t (40 Citations Scifinder, 49 Citations Google Scholar)

50) Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Sista, Prakash; Hao, Jing; Hundt, Nadia; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Electronic Properties-Morphology Correlation of a Rod-Rod Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Containing Poly(3-hexylthiophene). Langmuir 2012, 28, 12762-12770. DOI: 10.1021/la301731w. (21 Citations Scifinder, 22 Citations Google Scholar)

51) Sista, Prakash; Huang, Peishen; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C. Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Novel Benzodifuran Semiconducting Polymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2012, 50, 4316-4324. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26243. (15 Citations Scifinder, 19 Citations Google Scholar)

52) Hao, Jing; Granowski, Patricia; Stefan, Mihaela C. Zinc Undecylenate Catalyst for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Caprolactone Monomers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2012, 33, 1294-1299. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201200147. (4 Citations Scifinder, 8 Citations Google Scholar)

53) Cheng, Yixing; Hao, Jing; Lee, Lee A.; Biewer, Michael C.; Wang, Qian; Stefan, Mihaela C. Thermally-Controlled Release of Anti-Cancer Drug from Self-Assembled -Substituted Amphiphilic Poly(-caprolactone) Micellar Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 2163-2173. DOI: 10.1021/bm300823y. (58 Citations Scifinder, 69 Citations Google Scholar)

54) Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Huynh, Martin K.; Sista, Prakash; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis, Reactivity, and Optoelectronic properties of Poly(3-alkenylthiophene) Diblock Copolymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2012, 50, 3086-3094. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26095. (17 Citations Scifinder, 16 Citations Google Scholar)

55) Sista, Prakash; Xue, Bofei; Wilson, Mitchell; Holmes, Natallie; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Dastoor, Paul C.; Belcher, Warwick; Poole, Katelyn; Janesko, Benjamin G.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Influence of the Alkyl Substituents Spacing on the Solar Cell Performance of Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 772-780. DOI: 10.1021/ma202497v. (22 Citations Scifinder, 24 Citations Google Scholar)

56) Nguyen, Hien Q.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Sista, Prakash; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Polymerization of Fused-Ring Thienodipyrrole Monomers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2012, 213, 425-430. DOI: 10.1002/macp.201100608. (4 Citations Scifinder, 4 Citations Google Scholar)

57) Stefan, Mihaela C.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Sista, Prakash; Magurudeniya, Harsha D. Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization for the Synthesis of Conjugated Block Copolymers Containing

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Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene). Polymer Chemistry 2012, 3, 1693-1701. DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00453K. (63 Citations Scifinder, 82 Citations Google Scholar)

58) Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene Building Block for the Synthesis of Semiconducting Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2012, 33, 9-20. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100671. (55 Citations Scifinder, 72 Citations Google Scholar)

59) Magurudenyia, Harsha D.; Sista, Prakash; Westbrook, Jacob K.; Ourso, Taryn E.; Nguyen, Khuong; Maher, Marie C.; Alemseghed, Mussie G.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Nickel(II) -Diimine Catalyst for Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2011, 32, 1748-1752. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100433. (16 Citations Scifinder, 22 Citations Google Scholar)

60) Sista, Prakash; Hao, Jing; Elkassih, Sussana; Sheina, Elena E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Janesko, Benjamin G.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis Characterization, and Computational Modeling of Benzodithiophene Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2011, 49, 4172-4179. DOI: 10.1002/pola.24859. (18 Citations Scifinder, 21 Citations Google Scholar)

61) Sista, Prakash; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; McCarry, Ashton R.; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Hao, Jing; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Enhancement of OFET Performance of Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene Upon Surface Treatment with Organic Silanes. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2011, 49, 2292-2302. DOI: 10.1002/pola.24663. (18 Citations Scifinder, 22 Citations Google Scholar)

62) Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Hundt, Nadia; Sista, Prakash; Nguyen, Hien; Hao, Jing; Bhatt, Mahesh; Han, Yun-Yue; Schmiedel, Elizabeth A.; Sheina, Elena E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Block Copolymer Containing Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(4-vinylpyridine): Synthesis and Its Interaction with CdSe Quantum Dots for Hybrid Organic Applications. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2011, 49, 1802-1808. DOI: 10.1002/pola.24605. (36 Citations Scifinder, 45 Citations Google Scholar)

63) Hundt, Nadia; Hoang, Quan; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Sista, Prakash; Hao, Jing; Servello, John; Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Alemseghed, Mussie; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Characterization of a Block Copolymer Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(-benzyl-L-glutamate). Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2011, 32, 11-16. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000502. (28 Citations Scifinder, 32 Citations Google Scholar)

64) Hao, Jing; Servello, John; Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Temperature Sensitive Aliphatic Polyesters: Synthesis and Characterization of -Substituted Caprolactone Monomers and Polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2011, 21, 10623-10628. DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11288K. (25 Citations Scifinder, 29 Citations Google Scholar)

65) Sista, Prakash; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Murphy, John W.; Hao, Jing; Dei, Daniel K.; Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Servello, John; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Xue, Bofei; Dastoor, Paul C.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Alkyl Phenylethynyl Substituents. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8063-8070. DOI: 10.1021/ma101709h. (49 Citations Scifinder, 66 Citations Google Scholar)

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66) Hundt, Nadia; Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Sista, Prakash; Murphy, John W.; Hao, Jing; Nguyen, Hien; Stein, Eugene; Biewer, Michael C.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis and Characterization of Polythiophenes with Alkenyl Substituents. Polymer Chemistry 2010, 1, 1624-1632. DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00176G. (12 Citations Scifinder, 15 Citations Google Scholar)

67) Alemseghed, Mussie G.; Servello, John; Hundt, Nadia; Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline). Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2010, 211, 1291-1297. DOI: 10.1002/macp.200900725. (28 Citations Scifinder, 30 Citations Google Scholar)

68) Alemseghed, Mussie G.; Gowrisanker, Srinivas; Servello, John; Stefan, Mihaela C. Synthesis of Di-block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(tetrahydrofuran) by a Combination of Grignard Metathesis and Cationic Polymerization. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2009, 210, 2007-2014. DOI: 10.1002/macp.200900262. (43 Citations Scifinder, 49 Citations Google Scholar)

69) Hundt, Nadia; Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Servello, John; Dei, Daniel K.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C. Polymers Containing Rigid Benzodithiophene Repeating Unit with Extended Electron Delocalization. Organic Letters 2009, 11, 4422-4425. DOI: 10.1021/ol901786z. (29 Citations Scifinder, 42 Citations Google Scholar)

70) Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Murphy, John W.; Khanam, Nadia; Horvath, Julius; Alshareef, Husam; Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel; Biewer, Michael C.; Park, Seong Y.; Kim, Moon J.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-CdSe Quantum Dot Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Influence of the Functional End-Group of the Polymer. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 3845-3848. DOI: 10.1021/ma9006285. (68 Citations Scifinder, 80 Citations Google Scholar)

71) Craley, Rockford C.; Zhang, Rui; Kowalewski, Tomasz; McCullough, Richard D.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in a Novel Conducting Amphiphilic Block Copolymer. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2009, 30, 11-16. DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800487. (66 Citations Scifinder, 85 Citations Google Scholar)

72) Stefan, Mihaela C.; Javier, Anna E.; Osaka, Itaru; McCullough, Richard D. Grignard Metathesis Method (GRIM): Toward a Universal Method for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 30-32. DOI: 10.1021/ma8020823. (110 Citations Scifinder, 155 Citations Google Scholar)

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Publications prior to joining University of Texas at Dallas:

1) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Zhang, Rui; Cooper, Jessica R.; Smilgies, Detlef M.; Javier, Anna E.; Sheina, Elena E.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; McCullough, Richard D. Conducting Block Copolymers of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(methacrylates): Electronic Materials with Variable Conductivities and Degrees of Interfibrillar Order. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2007, 28, 1816-1824. DOI: 10.1002/marc.200700401. (72 Citations Scifinder, 96 Citations Google Scholar)

2) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Craley, Rockford C.; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Krankowski, Ashley B.; Zhang, Rui; Kowalewski, Tomasz; McCullough, Richard D. Conducting Regioregular Polythiophene Block Copolymer Nanofibrils Synthesized by Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization (RAFT) and Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization (NMP). Macromolecules 2007, 40, 4733-4735. DOI: 10.1021/ma070406x. (170 Citations Scifinder, 206 Citations Google Scholar)

3) Li, Bo; Santhanam, Suresh; Schultz, Lawrence; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sauvé, Genevieve; Cooper, Jessica; Zhang, Rui; Revelli, Joseph C.; Kusne, Aaron G.; Snyder, Jay L.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; Weiss, Lee E.; McCullough, Richard D.; Fedder, Gary K.; Lambeth, David N. Inkjet Printed Chemical Sensor Array Based on Polythiophene Conductive Polymers. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2007, 123, 651-660. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.09.064 (87 Citations Scifinder, 137 Citations Google Scholar)

4) Li, Bo; Sauvé, Genevieve; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Zhang, Rui; Cooper, Jessica; Santhanam, Suresh; Schultz, Lawrence; Revelli, Joseph C.; Kusne, Aaron G.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; Snyder, Jay L.; Weiss, Lee E.; Fedder, Gary K.; McCullough, Richard D.; Lambeth, David N. Volatile Organic Compound Detection Using Nanostructured Copolymers. Nano Letters 2006, 6, 1598-1602. DOI: 10.1021/nl060498o. (121 Citations Scifinder, 153 Citations Google Scholar)

5) Zhang, Rui; Li, Bo; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Sauvé, Genevieve; Cooper, Jessica; Jia, Shijun; Tristram-Nagle, Stephanie; Smilgies, Detlef M.; Lambeth, David N.; McCullough, Richard D.; Kowalewski, Tomasz Nanostructure Dependence of Field-Effect Mobility in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Film Field Effect Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 3480-3481. DOI: 10.1021/ja055192i. (356 Citations Scifinder, 393 Citations Google Scholar)

6) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-El, Malika; Zhang, Rui; Kowalewski, Tomasz; McCullough, Richard D. Conducting Block Copolymer Nanowires Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Polystyrene. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry 2006, 43, 1991-2000. DOI: 10.1080/10601320600997906. (63 Citations Scifinder, 79 Citations Google Scholar)

7) McCullough, Richard D.; Sauve, Genevieve; Li, Bo; Jeffries-El, Malika; Santhanam, Suresh; Schultz, Lawrence; Zhang, Rui; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Cooper, Jessica; Sreedharan, Prathapan; Revelli, Joseph C.; Kusner, Aaron G.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; Snyder, Jay L.; Weiss, Lee E.; Lambeth, David N.; Fedder, Gary K. Regioregular Polythiophene Nanowires and Sensors. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2005, 5940, 594005/1-594005/7. DOI: 10.1117/12.619609. (9 Citations Google Scholar)

8) Li, Bo; Santhanam, Suresh; Schultz, Lawrence; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sauve, Genevieve; Cooper, Jessica; Zhang, Rui; Revelli, Joseph C.; Kusne, Aaron G.; Kowalewski, Tomasz; Weiss, Lee E.; McCullough, Richard D.; Fedder, Gary K.; Lambeth, David N. Volatile

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Organic Compound Discrimination using Nanostructured Polythiophene Sensors. IEEE Sensors 2005, 1, 191-194. DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2005.1597668. (3 Citations Scifinder, 9 Citations Google Scholar)

9) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sheina, Elena E.; Gil, Roberto R.; McCullough, Richard D. Experimental Evidence for the Quasi-“Living” Nature of the Grignard Metathesis Method for the Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes). Macromolecules 2005, 38, 8649-8656. DOI: 10.1021/ma051122k. (429 Citations Scifinder, 549 Citations Google Scholar)

10) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-EL, Malika; Sheina, Elena E.; Cooper, Jessica R.; McCullough, Richard D. Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Conducting Block Copolymers. Polymer 2005, 46, 8582-8586. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.05.035. (208 Citations Scifinder, 245 citations Google Scholar)

11) Sheina, Elena E.; Liu, Jinsong; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Laird, Darin W.; McCullough, Richard D. Chain Growth Mechanism for Regioregular Nickel-Initiated Cross-Coupling Polymerizations. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 3526-3528. DOI: 10.1021/ma0357063. (325 Citations Scifinder, 409 Citations Google Scholar)

12) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate by Degenerative Transfer with Alkyl Iodides. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9346-9354. DOI: 10.1021/ma034892. (172 Citations Scifinder, 219 Citations Google Scholar)

13) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Buzdugan, Emil; Ghioca, Paul; Britchi, Alina G.; Mapolie, Selwyn F.; Iovu, Horia Random Anionic Copolymerization of Styrene with Butadiene using Methyl tert-Butyl Ether/n-Butyl Lithium as Initiator System. Reaction Mechanism and Kinetic Model. Revue Roumaine de Chimie 2003, 48, 163-171.

14) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Maithufi, Norah G.; Mapolie, Selwyn F. Evaluation of Bis(2-pyridinal)ethylenediimine as Ligand for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate: Influence of Polar Solvents. Polymer International 2003, 52, 899-907. DOI: 10.1002/pi.1124. (11 Citations Scifinder, 13 Citations Google Scholar)

15) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Maithufi, Norah G.; Mapolie, Selwyn F. Copper-Mediated ATRP of Methyl Methacrylate in Polar Solvents using a Bifunctional Pyridinal Diimine Ligand. Macromolecular Symposia 2003, 193, 209-226. DOI: 10.1002/masy.200390054. (11 Citations Scifinder, 12 Citations Google Scholar)

16) Stere, Cristina; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Iovu, Horia; Boborodea, Adrian; Vasilescu, Dan S.; Read, Simon J. Anionic and Ionic Coordinative Polymerization of -Caprolactone. Polymers for Advanced Technologies 2001, 12, 300-305. DOI: 10.1002/pat.68. (2 Citations Google Scholar)

17) Stere, Cristina; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Vasilescu, Dan-Sorin; Boborodea, Adrian; Spurcaciu, Bogdan Aliphatic Polyesters as Biocompatible Materials. Roumanian Chemical Quarterly Reviews 2001, 8, 95-116. (1 Citation Scifinder, 1 Citation Google Scholar)

18) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Mapolie, Selwyn F.; Britchi, Alina G. Styrene-Butadiene Rubber Synthesized by Anionic Polymerization. Macromolecular Symposia 2001, 165, 55-62. DOI: 10.1002/1521-3900(200103)165:1<55::aid-masy55>3.0.co;2-n.

19) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Buzdugan, Emil; Iovu, Horia; Ghioca, Paul; Stinga, Florina; Badea, Elena G.; Spurcaciu, Bogdan Butadiene Copolymerization with Styrene in the Presence of Butyllithium-Methyl tert-Butyl Ether Catalytic System: Investigation of Reactivity Relationship. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 2000, 37, 70-76.

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20) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Serban, Sever; Stinga, Florina; Iovu, Mihaela C. Effect of Block Polybutadiene Microstructure on Star Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymers Thermo-Oxidative Stability. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 2000, 37, 34-41.

21) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Buzdugan, Emil; Teodorescu, Mircea; Britchi, Alina G.; Hubca, Gheorghe; Iovu, Horia, Copolymerization of Styrene with Butadiene using Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether as Active Center Modifier. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 1999, 271, 18-23, DOI: 0.1002/(sici)1522-9505(19991101)271:1<18::aid-apmc18>3.0.co;2-#. (6 Citations Scifinder, 9 Citations Google Scholar)

22) Buzdugan, Emil; Ghioca, Paul; Stribeck, Norbert; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Serban, Sever; Cerchez, Irina; Spurcaciu, Bogdan; Stancu, Rodica; Stinga, Florina Investigation of Anionic Polymerization of -Caprolactone. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1999, 36, 226-232. (2 Citations Google Scholar)

23) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Stribeck, Norbert; Serban, Sever; Cerchez, Irina; Stancu, Rodica; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Stinga, Florina Modification of High-Density Polyethylene with Styrene-Isoprene Block Copolymers. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1999, 36, 167-174.

24) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Stribeck, Norbert; Serban, Sever; Cerchez, Irina; Stancu, Rodica; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Stinga, Florina Modification of High Density Polyethylene by Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymers. Effect of Styrene Component of Linear Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymer. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1999, 36, 28-37.

25) Buzdugan, Emil; Ghioca, Paul; Stribeck, Norbert; Badea, Elena G.; Serban, Sever; Iovu, Mihaela C. Mechanical Properties of Some Brominated Styrene-Diene Block Copolymers. European Polymer Journal 1998, 34, 1531-1537. DOI: 10.1016/S0014-3057(98)00004-4. (6 Citations Scifinder, 6 Citations Google Scholar)

26) Iovu, Horia; Hubca, Gheorghe; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Dimonie, Mihai Conductive Polymers Obtained by Iodine-Doping of Polyisoprene Synthesized with Lanthanide-Based Catalysts. Revue Roumaine de Chimie 1998, 43, 341-346. (2 Citations Scifinder)

27) Stere, Cristina; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Boborodea, Adrian; Vasilescu, Dan S.; Fazakas-Anca, Iosif S. Anionic and Ionic Coordinative Polymerization of L-Lactide. Polymers for Advanced Technologies 1998, 9, 322-325. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1581(199806)9:6<322::AID-PAT783>3.0.CO;2-N. (4 Citations Scifinder, 5 Citations Google Scholar)

28) Buzdugan, Emil; Ghioca, Paul; Cerchez, Irina; Stancu, Rodica; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Stanga, Florina Effect of Lewis Bases on the Anionic Polymerization Kinetics of Butadienes. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1998, 35, 197-205.

29) Buzdugan, Emil; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Ghioca, Paul; Stanga, Florina; Badea, Elena G.; Cerchez, Irina; Stancu, R.; Iovu, Horia Anion Exchangers Based on Styrene-Diene Copolymers Synthesized by Anionic Polymerization. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1998, 35, 160-164.

30) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Stribeck, Norbert; Serban, Sever; Stancu, Rodica; Cerchez, Irina; Stanga, Florina; Iovu, Mihaela C. Star Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymers Thinned by Liquid Polybutadienes. Physical and Mechanical Characteristics. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1998, 35, 82-88. (1 Citation Scifinder)

31) Buzdugan, Emil; Ghioca, Paul; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Badea, Elena G.; Stribeck, Norbert Chemical Modification of Styrene-Diene Block Copolymers: Ionomers Based on Styrene-Butadiene Block

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Copolymers Having Quaternary Ammonium Groups. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1998, 35, 45-50. (1 Citation Scifinder)

32) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Stribeck, Norbert; Serban, Sever; Cerchez, Irina; Stancu, Rodica; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Stinga, Florina High Density Polyethylene Modification with Styrene-Diene Block Copolymers: Effect of the Elastomer and Plastomer Blocks Nature from Star Block Copolymers. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1997, 34, 180-186.

33) Iovu, Horia; Hubca, Gheorghe; Iovu, Mihaela C. Physico-Mechanical Behavior of Composites Based on Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Resins as a Function of the Nature of the Crosslinking Agent and the Volume Fraction of Fibers. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1997, 34, 105-111.

34) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Stribeck, Norbert; Serban, Sever; Stancu, Rodica; Cerchez, Irina; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Stanga, Florina, Modification of High-Density Polyethylene with Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymers: Effect of Polybutadiene Block Microstructure in Star-Block Copolymers. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1997, 34, 89-96.

35) Ghioca, Paul; Buzdugan, Emil; Stribeck, Norbert; Serban, Sever; Cerchez, Irina; Stancu, Rodica; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Stinga, Florina Modification of High Density Polyethylene by Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymers: Effect of Styrene Content in the Star Block Copolymers. Materiale Plastice (Bucharest) 1996, 33, 246-252.

Preprints:

1) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Zhang, Rui; Kowalewski, Tomasz; McCullough, Richard D. Nanostructured Materials from Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Block Copolymers. PMSE Preprints 2006, 95, 382-383.

2) Zhang, Rui; Li, Bo; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-El, Malika; Sauve, Genevieve; Cooper, Jessica; Jia, Shijun; Tristram-Nagle, Stephanie; Smilgies, Detlef M.; Lambeth, David N.; McCullough, Richard D.; Kowalewski, Tomasz Nanostructure Dependence of Field-Effect Mobility in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Film Field Effect Transistors. PMSE Preprints 2006, 95, 862-863.

3) Cooper, Jessica R.; Zhang, Rui; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sauve, Genevieve; Kowalewski, Tomasz; McCullough, Richard D. Detection of Volatile Organic Chemicals by Use of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Chemical Sensor Array. PMSE Preprints 2006, 95, 870-871.

4) Javier, Anna E.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. Synthesis and Characterization of Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophene). Polymer Preprints 2006, 47, 644-645.

5) Craley, Casey R.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. Incorporation of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) into an Amphiphilic Block Copolymer. Polymer Preprints 2006, 47, 532-533.

6) Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. Quasi-"living" Grignard Metathesis Polymerization for the Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes). Polymer Preprints 2006, 47, 242-243.

7) Sheina, Elena E.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. Synthesis of Regiospecific Poly(3-substituted-thiophenes) Using Ni(II)-Dimine-Initiated Cross-Coupling Reaction. Polymer Preprints 2005, 46, 1070-1071.

8) Sauve, Genevieve; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-El, Malika; McCullough, Richard D. Well-Defined

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Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-Poly(acrylate) Di-Block Copolymers. Polymer Preprints 2005, 46, 496.

9) Cooper, Jessica R.; Zhang, Rui; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCulllough, Richard D.; Kowalewski, Tomasz Comparative Study of Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Tri-Block Copolymers. Polymer Preprints 2005, 46, 185.

10) Cooper, Jessica R.; Sreedharan, Prathapan; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCulllough, Richard D. Synthesis and Characterization of Tri-Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophene). Polymer Preprints 2005, 46, 803-804.

11) Sheina, Elena E.; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. Mechanism and Kinetics of the Nickel-Assisted Cross-Coupling Polymerizations of Regioregular 3-Alkyl-Functionalized Polythiophenes. Polymer Preprints 2005, 46, 682-683.

12) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sheina, Elena E.; McCullough, Ricard D. Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Method for the Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) with Well-Defined Molecular Weights. Polymer Preprints 2005, 46, 660-661.

13) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Jeffries-El, Malika; Sheina, Elena E.; Krankowski, Ashley B.; Sauve, Genevieve; McCullough, Richard D. Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-polystyrene Di-Block Copolymers. Polymer Preprints 2004, 45, 645-646.

14) Jeffries-El, Malika; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sheina, Elena; Sauve, Genevieve; McCullough, Richard D. End Functionalized Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) as Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Diblock Copolymers. Polymer Preprints 2004, 45, 551-552.

15) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Simplaceanu, Virgil; Gil, Roberto R.; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof 13C DEPT NMR Study of Poly(vinyl acetate) Synthesized by Degenerative Transfer Polymerization with Alkyl Iodides. Polymer Preprints 2004, 45, 988-989.

16) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sheina, Elena E.; Sauve, Genevieve; Jeffries-El, Malika; Cooper, Jessica; McCullough, Richard D. Synthesis of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Di-Block Copolymers using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Polymer Preprints 2004, 45, 278-279.

17) Sauve, Genevieve; Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D. In Situ End Group Modification of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) via Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization. Polymer Preprints 2004, 45, 183-184.

Articles submitted for publication:

1) Quiram, Gina; Montagner, Francisco; Palmer, Kelli L.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Washington, Katherine E., Rodrigues, Danieli C. Synthesis and Characterization of Chlorhexidine-Containing Polymeric Trilayer Nanoparticles for Intracanal Medicament. International Endodontic Journal, submitted September 2017.

2) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan Mihaela C. Combination Loading of Doxorubicin and Resveratrol in Polymeric Micelles for Increased Loading Efficiency and Efficacy. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, submitted September 2017.

Book chapters submitted for publication:

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1) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Karmegam, Vasanthy; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Stimuli-Responsive Poly(ε-caprolactone)s for Drug Delivery Applications, In Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications Volume 1: Types and Triggers, Elsevier, 2017, under review (submitted on March 15, 2017).

Works in progress:

1) Ren, Yixin; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Washington, Katherine E.; Poldeman, Stefanie T.; Vo, Trinh D.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C. Neodymium based Catalysts bearing Phosphate Ligands for Ring Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2017 (to be submitted).

Invited talks/presentations to seminars or colloquia assemblies:

1) Functional Polycaprolactones for Delivery of Anticancer Drugs and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, 06/30/2017, Department of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania

2) Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 10/06/2016, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston

3) Functional Polycaprolactones for Micellar Delivery of Anticancer Drugs, 12/04/2015, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas

4) Thermoresponsive Polycaprolactones for Micellar Drug Delivery, Macromolecular Engineering Symposium Honoring the Impact and the 65th Birthday of Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, 03/28/2015, Carnegie Mellon University

5) Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 09/22/2014, Texas State University

6) Functional Polycaprolactones for Micellar Delivery of Anticancer Drugs and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors (HDACi), 10/02/2014, Carnegie Mellon University

7) Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 03/27/2013, Indiana University

8) Thermoresponsive Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications, 03/01/2013, University of Texas Metroplex Days, University of Texas at Dallas

9) Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Aliphatic Polyesters, DFW New Young Investigators, ACS Dallas-Fort Worth Local Meeting, 01/28/2012, Texas Christian University

10) Benzodithiophene-Based Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 09/15/2011, University of South Carolina

11) Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics, 10/28/2011, University of Arlington

12) Benzodithiophene-Based Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 02/01/2011, MIT/Harvard Center for Excitonics

13) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics, 10/08/2010, University of Iowa

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14) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics, 10/07/2010, Iowa State University

15) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics, 09/30/2010, Oklahoma State University

16) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 09/17/2010, University of North Texas

17) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 04/20/2010, North Dakota State University

18) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 10/09/2009, Duquesne University

19) New Materials for Photovoltaics, CHEMS Planning Grant Meeting, 08/19/2009, Virginia Tech

20) Polythiophene-based Materials for Organic Electronics, 04/14/2009, Texas Christian University

21) Polymers: From Research in the Laboratory to Real Life Applications, 02/28/2009, Scholars’ Day, University of Texas at Dallas

22) Polythiophenes for Organic Electronics, 02/10/2009, Ouachita Baptist University

23) Polythiophenes for Organic Electronics, 11/21/2008, Southern Methodist University

Oral presentations at professional meetings:

1) Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, 3rd World Chemistry Conference, Dallas, TX, September 11-12, 2017.

2) Highly Active Neodymium Catalysts for Polymerization of Dienes, 12th IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Durham University, United Kingdom, September 18-22, 2017.

3) Functional Polycaprolactones for Delivery of Anticancer Drugs and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, The 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials, ROCAM 2017, Bucharest, Romania, July 11-14, 2017.

4) Donor-Acceptor Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics, 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, April 2-6, 2017.

5) Highly Active Neodymium Catalyst for Polymerization of Dienes and Vinyl Monomers, 72nd

Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Galveston, TX, United States, November 10-13, 2016.

6) Highly Active Neodymium Catalyst for Polymerization of Myrcene and Limonene, 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 21-25, 2016

7) Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Organic Semiconductors for Organic Photovoltaics, 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2016. (Invited)

8) Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Semiconductors for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, The 12th

International Symposium of Functional -Electron Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, July 19-24, 2015.

9) Functional Polycaprolactones for Delivery of Anticancer Drugs, 71st Joint Southeastern/Southwest ACS Regional Meeting, Memphis, TN, United States, November 4-7, 2015. (Invited)

10) Amphiphilic Polycaprolactones for Micellar Delivery of Anticancer Drugs, Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, HI, United States, December 15-20, 2015.

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11) Functional Polycaprolactones for Drug Delivery Applications, 70th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, United States, November 19-22, 2014. (Invited)

12) Thermoresponsive Functionalized Polycaprolactones for Micellar Drug Delivery Systems, 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, August 10-14, 2014.

13) Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 25-29, 2014.

14) Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers for Organic Electronics Applications, 247th

ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 25-29, 2014.

15) Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Young Academic Investigators Symposia, 244th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 16-20, 2012.

16) Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cells, 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, United States, March 25-29, 2012.

17) Semiconducting Polymers for Organics Solar Cells, 67th Southwest ACS Regional Meeting, Austin, TX, United States, November 9-12, 2011.

18) Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Aliphatic Polyesters, 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, United States, August 28-September 1, 2011.

19) Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Polymers, 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, United States, August 28-September 1, 2011.

20) Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Phenylethynyl Substituents, 241th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

21) Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Phenylethynyl Substituents, 2010 MRS Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, November 29-December 3, 2010.

22) Novel Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Phenylethynyl Substituents, 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2010.

23) Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-CdSe Quantum Dot Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: The Influence of Functional End-Group of the Polymer, 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2010.

24) Polythiophene-Quantum Dot Hybrid Nanomaterials for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, December 1-5, 2008.

Poster presentations and contributed oral presentations at professional meetings:

1) Gunawardhana, Ruwan; Bulumulla, Chandima; Du, Jia; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Benzodithiophene (BDT) Based Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics, 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, April 2-6, 2017.

2) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Ren, Yixin; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Functionalized Star-Like ε-Caprolactone Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for

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Thermoresponsive Micellar Drug Delivery Systems, 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, April 2-6, 2017.

3) Yang, Annie; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Stefan, Mihaela C., NdCl3·3TEP-TIBA Catalyst System for Coordination Polymerization of Diene and Vinyl Monomers, 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, April 2-6, 2017.

4) Pathiranage, Taniya M.; Boothby, Jennifer M.; Biewer, Michael C.; Ware, Taylor H.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Tensile Property Enhancement and Photo-Actuation of Supramolecular Self-Assembled Copolymers of P3HT, 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, April 2-6, 2017.

5) Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Du, Jia; Pathiranage, Taniya M.; Sheina, Elena; Gomez, Enrique; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Triethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Substituted Polythiophenes for Organic Electronic Applications, 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, April 2-6, 2017.

6) Karmegam, Vasanthy; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrimidine-Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers, 72nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Galveston, TX, United States, November 10-13, 2016.

7) Pathiranage, Taniya M.; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Boothby, Jennifer M.; Biewer, Michael C.; Ware, Taylor H.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Improved Self-Assembly and Tensile Behavior for Block Copolymer Thin Films of P3HT with Liquid Crystalline Mesogens, 72nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Galveston, TX, United States, November 10-13, 2016.

8) Dissanayake, Dushanthi; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Developing Novel Synthetic Routes Towards Incorporating Photochromic Spiropyrans into Thiophene Based Semiconducting Polymers, 72nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Galveston, TX, United States, November 10-13, 2016.

9) Niermann, Crystal; Haring, Alex; Elashyi, Tamer; Johnson, Blake; Stefan, Mihaela C., Semiconducting Elastomeric Block Copolymers Containing Poly(3-hexylthiophene), 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 21-25, 2016.

10) Ren, Yixin; Kularatne, Ruvanthi; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Neodymium-Based Catalysts for Polymerization of Dienes, 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 21-25, 2016.

11) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi; Du, Jia; Gillings, Matthew; Geng, Calvin; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Comparison of Star-Like and Linear Amphiphilic γ-Substituted ε-Caprolactone Block Copolymers for Drug Delivery Applications, 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 21-25, 2016.

12) Karmegam, Vasanthy; Gunathilake, Samodha; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Pyrimidine Donor-Acceptor Polymers, 252nd ACS National Meeting& Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 21-25, 2016.

13) Du, Jia; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Furan Based Block Copolymers for Electronic Applications, 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 21-25, 2016.

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14) Kularatne, Ruvanthi; Krang, Davy; Yang, Annie; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Highly Active Neodymium Catalyst for Polymerization of Dienes, Vinyl Monomers, and Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones, 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2016.

15) Pathiranage, Taniya; Bhatt, Mahesh; Magurudeniya, Harsha; Rainbolt, Elizabeth; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Enhanced Supramolecular Self-Assembly of P3HT by Copolymerization with Methacrylate Attached Liquid Crystalline Mesogens, 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2016.

16) Bulumulla, Chandima; Du, Jia; Washington, Katherine E.; Mills, Cody; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Influence of the Functionalized Side Chains of Polythiophene Diblock Copolymers: CdSe nanoparticle (NP) Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2016.

17) Washington, Katherine E.; Kularatne, Ruvanthi N.; Doan, Nicolette C.; Webb, Jack C.; Gillings, Mathew J.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Star-like Amphiliphilic γ-Substituted ε-Caprolactone Block Copolymers for Drug Delivery Applications, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, United States, August 16-20, 2015.

18) Du, Jia; Bulumulla, Panikki; Barrera, Diego; Hsu, Julia W.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Benzodithiophene and Benzothiadiazole Donor-Acceptor Small Molecules for Solution-Processed Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, United States, August 16-20, 2015.

19) Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Huang, Peishen; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Semiconducting Polymers Containing Pyrimidine, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

20) Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Taenzler, Ferdinand J.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Du, Jia; Murphy, John W.; Sheina, Elena E.; Gnade, Bruce E.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Containing Benzodithiophenes with Bithienyl Substituents to Achieve High Open Circuit Voltage in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

21) Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Westbrook, Jacob K.; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Novel Catalysts for Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

22) Huang, Peishen; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Du, Jia; Black, Kevin T.; Sista, Prakash; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Synthesis of Novel Benzodifuran Semiconducting Polymers and Systematic Studies on Furan Building Block in Optoelectronic Applications, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

23) Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Huang, Peishen; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Synthesis of Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexyl)thiophene and Poly(4-vinylphenol) for Organic Field Effect Transistors, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

24) Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Huang, Peishen; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Nitrogen Containing Graphene Like Structures by Pyrolyzing Pyrimidine Polymers and Their

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Application in Semiconductor/Graphene Hybrid Field Effect Transistors, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

25) Pathiranage, Taniya M.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Characterization of Side-Chain Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers Containing P3HT, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

26) Du, Jia; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Bithienyl Substituents for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

27) Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Hao, Jing; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Amphiphilic Polycaprolactone Block Copolymers Containing Conjugated Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors for Delivery of Anticancer Drugs and HDAC Inhibitors, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

28) Washington, Katherine E.; Rainbolt, Elizabeth A.; Senevirathne, Suchithra; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., γ-Substituted ε-Caprolactone Monomers for the Synthesis of Diblock Copolymers for Micellar Drug Delivery Application, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

29) Stefan, Mihaela C.; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Washington, Katherine E.; Pathiranage, Taniya M.; Biewer, Michael C., Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers for Organic Electronics Applications, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014.

30) Senevirathne, Suchithra A.; Hao, Jing; Michael, Biewer C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Polycaprolactone Block Copolymers Containing Conjugated Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, 69th Southwest Regional Meeting of the ACS, Waco, TX, United States, November 10-13, 2013.

31) Huang, Peishen; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Sista, Prakash; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Novel Benzodifuran Semiconducting Polymers, 245th

ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 7-11, 2013.

32) Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Sista, Prakash; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Benzodithiophene Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cells, 244th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 19-23, 2012.

33) Stefan, Mihaela C.; Sista, Prakash; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Biewer, Michael C.; Dastoor, Paul; Wilson, Mitchell; Holmes, Natalie; Belcher, Warwick, Benzodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cells, 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012.

34) Magurudeniya, Harsha D.; Sista, Prakash; Westbrook, Jacob K.; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Nickel (II) Diimine Catalysts for Grignard Metathesis Polymerization, 244th

ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 19-23, 2012.

35) Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Huang, Peishen; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Semiconducting Polymers Containing Pyrimidine for Organic Light Emitting Diodes, 244th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 19-23, 2012.

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36) Bhatt, Mahesh P.; Huynh, Martin K.; Sista, Prakash; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Poly(3-alkenylthiophene) Diblock Copolymers, 244th

ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 19-23, 2012.

37) Elkassih, Sussana A.; Sista, Prakash; Papadimitratos, Alexios; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Zakhidov, Anvar A., Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers Containing Phenothiazine for PLED Application, 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012.

38) Hao, Jing; Servello, John; Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Novel Temperature Responsive Functional Caprolactone Polymers, 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012.

39) Huynh, Martin K.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis of Block Copolymers Containing Poly(3-alkenylthiophene) for OFETs, 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012.

40) Hao, Jing; Servello, John; Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Functional Caprolactone, 67th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Austin, TX, United States, November 9-12, 2011.

41) Sista, Prakash; Bhatt, Mahesh P.; McCarry, Ashton; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Hao, Jing; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Variation of OFET Performance of Benzodithiophene Based Polymers as a Function of the Hydrophobicity of SiO2 Surface, 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, United States, August 28-September 1, 2011.

42) Elkassih, Sussana A.; Sista, Prakash; Kularatne, Ruvini S.; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Characterization of Benzodithiophene with Phenylethynyl Substituents, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

43) Hao, Jing; Hundt, Nadia; Hoang, Quan; Nguyen, Hien Q.; Sista, Prakash; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and characterization of Rod-Rod Di-Block Copolymers Containing Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate), 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

44) Sista, Prakash; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

45) Hao, Jing; Servello, John; Biewer, Michael C.; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Functional Caprolactones, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

46) Huynh, Martin K.; Bhatt, Mahesh; Stefan, Mihaela C., Synthesis of Random and Block Copolymers Containing Poly(3-alkenylthiophene), 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

47) Nguyen, Hien Q.; Schmiedel, Elizabeth A.; Castro, Patrick; Stefan, Mihaela C., Thieno[3,2-b:4,5-b']dipyrrole Building Blocks for Synthesis of Semiconducting Polymers, 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011.

48) Hundt, Nadia; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C.; Alemseghed, Mussie G.; Nguyen, Hien Q; Sista, Prakash; Hao, Jing; Dei, Daniel K.; Palaniappan, Kumaranad, Novel Semiconducting

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Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Phenylethynyl Substituents, 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010.

49) Schmiedel, Elizabeth A.; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Nguyen, Hien Q., Synthesis and Characterization of Thienodipyrrole Monomers, 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010.

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Patents:

1) Oupicky, David; Stefan, Mihaela C.; Biewer, Michael C., Polymers Comprising PEG and Caprolactone Derivatives for Delivery of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, 2015, WO 2015168614 A2.

2) Jeffries-EL, Malika; Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sauve, Genevieve; McCullough, Richard D., Monocapped Conductive Polymers with Alkenyl or Alkynyl End Groups and Block Copolymers Therefrom, 2014, US 8754175 B2.

3) Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D., Purification Methods and Purified Polymer, 2010, US 7671173 B2.

4) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Sheina, Elena E.; McCullough, Richard D., Living Synthesis of Conducting Polymers Including Regioregular Polymers, Polythiophenes, and Block Copolymers, 2008, US 7452958 B2.

5) Iovu, Mihaela C.; Osaka, Itaru; McCullough, Richard D., Universal Grignard Metathesis Polymerization, 2008, WO 2008028166 A1.

6) Iovu, Mihaela C.; McCullough, Richard D., Electrically Conductive Polymers and Controlled Radical Polymerization, 2008, US 20080319131 A1.

Proposals submitted:

1) Combination Loading of Polyphenols with Doxorubicin to Increase Drug Loading and Improve Therapeutic Benefits, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Jie Zheng (co-PI), Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, 2018-2021, $763,928.

2) REU Site: “Chemistry Pathways to Building Functional Materials at the University of Texas at Dallas”, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Jeremiah Gassensmith (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2018-2021, $293,088.

3) Collaborative Research: Next-Generation Polymer Additive Manufacturing via Molecular Design for Processable Multi-Functionality, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Blake Johnson (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 08/01/2017-07/31/2020, $300,000. (Rejected)

4) Organic n-Type Materials based on Novel Boron-Nitrogen Bridged Building Block for Perovskite Solar Cells, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Anvar Zakhidov (co-PI), National Science Foundation (DMR), 2017-2020, $454,718. (Rejected, rank as competitive)

5) Orientable and Reconfigurable Optoelectronic Properties in Polythiophene Liquid Crystal Block Polymers, Mihaela C. Stefan (co-PI), Taylor Ware (PI), National Science Foundation (DMR), 2017-2020, $355,741. (Rejected)

6) Combination Loading of Polyphenols and Doxorubicin to Increase Drug Loading and Improve Therapeutic Benefits, Mihaela C. Stefan, National Science Foundation (DMR), 2017-2020, $438,186. (Rejected, ranked as competitive)

7) Separation of Fused Ring Conjugated Molecules from Asphaltenes and Investigation of Their Optical and Electronic Properties, Mihaela C. Stefan, Petroleum Research Fund, 2017-2019, $110,000. (Rejected)

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8) Tunable Biocompatible and Biodegradable Thermoresponsive Polycaprolactones for Micellar Drug Delivery, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 08/01/2016-07/31/2019, $435,000. (Funded)

9) Semiconducting Polymers Capable of Actuated Changes of Opto-Electronic Properties, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Welch Foundation, 06/01/2016-05/31/2019, $240,000. (Funded)

10) Active Neodymium Catalysts for Polymerization of Dienes and Vinyl Monomers, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation, 08/01/2016-05/31/2019, $375,000. (Funded)

11) Responsive Functional Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for Tumor-Specific Drug Delivery and Imaging, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Li Liu (co-PI), Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, 2016-2019, $912,318. (Rejected)

12) MRI: Acquisition of a High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope for Soft Materials and Biological Samples, Mihaela C. Stefan (co-PI), Jeremiah Gassensmith (PI), 2016-2018, National Science Foundation (CHE), $586,000. (Rejected)

13) MRI: Acquisition of an Imaging Flow Cytometer, Mihaela C. Stefan (co-PI), David Schmidtke (PI), National Science Foundation (CBET), 2016-2018, $465,717. (Rejected)

14) Separation of Fused Ring Conjugated Molecules from Asphaltene and Investigation of Their Optical and Electronic Properties, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2016-2018, $110,000. (Rejected)

15) Tuning the Photovoltaic Properties of Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Organic Semiconductors by Molecular Design, Mihaela C. Stefan, National Science Foundation, 2015-2018, $455,499. (Rejected)

16) DMREF: Computer Guided Design and Synthesis of Amphiphilic Polycaprolactones with Tunable Properties for Micellar Drug Delivery, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Steven Nielsen (co-PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), Daniel Siegwart (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2015-2018, $973,824. (Rejected)

17) Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Polycaprolactone Block Copolymers for Micellar Drug Delivery, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2015-2018, $447,615. (Rejected)

18) MRI Acquisition: High-Resolution and Ultra-High Speed X-Ray Diffractometer for Structure, Crystal Quality, and Preferred Orientation Determination, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Christopher Hinkle (co-PI), Stephen McDonnell (co-PI), Moon Kim (co-PI), Julia Chan (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 09/01/2015-08/31/2017, $385,000 (from NSF) and $165,000 (Cost share from University of Texas at Dallas). (Funded)

19) Lanthanide Catalysts for Stereospecific Polymerization of Dienes, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2015-2017, $110,000. (Rejected)

20) Active Neodymium Catalysts for Polymerization of Dienes and Vinyl Monomers, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation, 2015-2018, $454,627. (Rejected)

21) Tuning the Photovoltaic Properties of Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Organic Semiconductors by Molecular Design, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation (DMR), 07/01/2015-06/30/2017, $239,996. (Funded)

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22) Nanoparticles Based on Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors for Combination Treatments, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), David Oupicky (co-PI), National Institutes of Health, 05/01/2015-04/30/2017, $199,462, (UTD subcontract amount), ranked at 3%. (Funded)

23) Organic Semiconducting Polymers Capable of Actuated Changes of Opto-Electronic Properties, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2015-2018, $456,795. (Rejected)

24) Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Polycaprolactones with Tunable Hydrophobic Blocks for Controlled Drug Delivery, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation, 2014-2017, $397,902. (Rejected)

25) DMREF: Computer Guided Design and Synthesis of Amphiphilic Polycaprolactones with Tunable Properties for Micellar Drug Delivery, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Steven Nielsen (co-PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2014-2017, $796,706. (Rejected)

26) REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Bridging Chemistry and Semiconductor Technologies, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2013-2016, $334,574. (Rejected)

27) SusChEM: Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Donor and Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2013-2016, $367,693. (Rejected)

28) Polythiophene Block Copolymers: A Systematic Investigation of Morphology-Optoelectronic Properties Dependence, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Welch Foundation, 06/01/2013-05/31/2016, $180,000. (Funded)

29) REU Supplement: Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties: An Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Education, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation, 06/01/2013-09/01/2013, $6,000. (Funded)

30) Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Polycaprolactones with Tunable Hydrophobic Blocks, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2013-2016, $432,171. (Rejected)

31) Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2013- 2016, $439,547. (Rejected)

32) REU Supplement: Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties: An Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Education, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation, 06/01/2012-09/01/2012, $6,500. (Funded)

33) Organic Chemistry as a Tool for Developing Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Dreyfus Foundation, 2012-2015, $100,000. (Rejected)

34) Thermoresponsive Polymers for Delivery of Anticancer Drugs and HDAC Inhibitors, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, 2012-2015, $875,758. (Rejected)

35) Benzodithiophene Building Blocks for the Synthesis of both Donor and Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2012-2015, $436,291. (Rejected)

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36) Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Stimuli Responsive Functional Caprolactones, Mihaela C. Stefan, National Science Foundation, 2012-2014, $426,990. (Rejected)

37) Aromatic Substituted Benzodithiophene Based Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Performance, Mihaela C. Stefan, National Science Foundation, 2012-2014, $434,490. (Rejcted)

38) A Common Platform for the Synthesis of “green” p-Type and n-Type Semiconducting Polymers: Towards Eco-Friendly Solar Inks, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Department of Energy, 2011-2013, $328,033. (Rejected)

39) MRI: Acquisition of 500 MHz Multinuclear NMR Spectrometer for Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Texas at Dallas, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), John Ferraris (co-PI), Dennis Smith (co-PI), Jung mo Ahn (co-PI), Dean Sherry (co-PI), National Science Foundation (CHE), 2011-2014, $374,360. (Funded)

40) Benzodithiophene Based Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2011-2014, $416,313. (Rejected)

41) A Common Platform for the Synthesis of “Green” p-type and n-type Semiconducting Polymers: Towards Eco-friendly Solar Inks, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Mihaela C. Stefan (Iovu) (PI), 2011-2013, $299,700. (Rejected)

42) Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cells, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2011-2013, $100,000. (Rejected)

43) Molecular and Supramolecular Control in Thiophene Based Monomers and Semiconducting Polymers for Opto-Electronic Applications, Mihaela C. Stefan (Iovu) (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2010- 2013, $407,051. (Rejected)

44) MRI: Acquisition of 600 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Multidisciplinary Research at University of Texas at Dallas, Mihaela C. Stefan (Iovu) (PI), John Ferraris (co-PI), Dennis Smith (co-PI), Jung mo Ahn (co-PI), Dean Sherry (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2010-2013, $812,000. (Rejected)

45) Organic Chemistry as a Tool to Design Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Program, 2010-2014, $75,000. (Rejected)

46) Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics: From Organic and Polymer Chemistry in the Classroom to Research in the Laboratory, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Cottrell Scholar Award Application, 2010-2012, $75,000. (Rejected)

47) Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Welch Foundation, 06/01/2010-05/31/2013, $160,000. (Funded)

48) CAREER: Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties: An Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Education, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), National Science Foundation, (DMR), 03/01/2010-02/28/2015, $490,000. (Funded)

49) Molecular and Supramolecular Control in Thiophene Based Monomers and Semiconducting Polymers for Opto-Electronic Applications, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Michael C. Biewer (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2010-2013, $399,551. (Rejected)

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50) MRI: Acquisition of 600 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Multidisciplinary Research at University of Texas at Dallas, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), John P. Ferraris (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 2009-2012, $912,000. (Rejected)

51) Conjugated Polymer-Liquid Crystalline Rod-Rod Block Copolymers, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Welch Foundation, 2009-2012, $150,000. (Rejected)

52) Organic- Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Mihaela C. Iovu (PI), American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2009-2011, $100,000. (Rejected)

53) World Materials Network: Improvement in Performance and Reliability in Organic Thin Film Transistors Through Alternate Gate Dielectrics and Source/Drain Contacts, Mihaela C. Iovu (PI), National Science Foundation, 2009-2013, $384,932. (Rejected)

54) Conjugated Polymer-Quantum Dot Networks for Hybrid Solar Cell Applications, Mihaela C. Stefan (PI), Plextronics Inc., 01/01/2008-12/31/2008, $50,000. (Funded)

55) Career: Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties-An Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Education, Mihaela C. Iovu (PI), National Science Foundation, (Career), 2008-2013, $400,000. (Rejected)

56) MRI: Acquisition of 600 MHz NMR and MALDI-TOF MS Instruments for the Biomaterials Research Program at University of Texas at Dallas, Mihaela C. Iovu (PI), National Science Foundation (MRI), 2008-2011, $1,200,000. (Rejected)

57) Lanthanide Catalysts for Polymerization, Mihaela C. Iovu (PI), Welch Foundation, 2008-2011, $150,000. (Rejected)

Grants/contracts awarded:

1) Tunable Biocompatible and Biodegradable Thermoresponsive Polycaprolactones, NSF (CHE); 08/01/2016-07/31/2019; (co-PI: Michael C. Biewer), $435,000.

2) Active Neodymium Catalysts for Polymerization of Dienes and Vinyl Monomers, NSF (CHE), 08/01/2016-07/31/2019; $375,000.

3) Semiconducting Block Copolymers Capable of Actuated Changes of Opto-Electronic Properties, Welch Foundation, 06/01/2016-05/31/2019, $240,000.

4) MRI: Acquisition: High-Resolution and Ultra-High Speed X-Ray Diffractometer for Structure, Crystal Quality, and Preferred Orientation Determination, NSF (DMR), 09/01/2015-08/31/2017, $385,000 (from NSF) and $165,000 (cost share from UTD).

5) Tuning the Photovoltaic Performance of Benzodithiophene and Benzodifuran Polymeric Semiconductors by Molecular Design, NSF (DMR), 07/01/2015-06/30/2017, $239,996.

6) Nanoparticles Based on Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors for Combination Treatments, NIH R21, 05/01/2015-04/30/2017, subcontract with Nebraska Medical Center (co-PI: Dr. David Oupicky), $199,462 (subcontract amount).

7) Polythiophene Block Copolymers: A Systematic Investigation of Morphology-Optoelectronic Properties Dependence, Welch Foundation, 06/01/2013-05/31/2016, $180,000.

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8) NSF-REU Supplement: Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-electronic Properties (DMR-0956116), 06/01/2013-09/01/2013, $6,000.

9) NSF-REU Supplement: Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-electronic Properties (DMR-0956116), 06/01/2012-09/01/2012, $6,500.

10) MRI: Acquisition of a 500 MHz Multinuclear NMR Spectrometer for Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Texas at Dallas, NSF (CHE), 10/01/2011-09/30/2014, $374,360 (from NSF) and $160,440 (cost share from UTD).

11) Semiconducting Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Welch Foundation, 06/01/2010-05/31/2013, $160,000.

12) Rational Design of Semiconducting Polymers with Tunable Opto-Electronic Properties: An Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Education, NSF (DMR), 03/01/2010-02/28/2015, $490,000.

13) Conjugated Polymer-Quantum Dot Networks for Hybrid Solar Cell Applications, Plextronics Inc., 01/01/2008-12/31/2008, $50,000.

Teaching:Doctoral supervision:

Former doctoral students:

1) Mussie Alemseghed, Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Semiconducting Polymers, graduated Fall 2009.Previous Position: Postdoc Fellow at Iowa State University, 2009-2010, (Advisor: Dr. Javier Vela), Postdoc Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)/University of Cincinnati, 2010-2013.

2) Nadia Hundt, Novel Thiophene Containing Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics Applications, graduated Fall 2009.

3) Prakash Sista, Benzodithiophene Containing Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics, graduated Fall 2011.Previous position: Research Associate at University of Washington, 06/2012-01/2013, (Advisor: Dr. Christine Luscombe), Postdoc Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 02/2013-09/2014.Current Position: Research Scientist at SABIC, 2014-present.

4) Hien Nguyen, Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrrole and Thiophene Semiconducting Polymers, graduated Fall 2012.Current Position: Director of Academic Programs Graduate, Info Technology and MGT at University of Texas at Dallas

5) Jing Hao, Thermo-Responsive Functional Poly(caprolactones) for Drug Delivery Applications, graduated Fall 2012.Previous position: Postdoc Fellow at University of Texas at Southwestern, (Advisor: Dr. Daniel Siegwart)Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at George Fox University.

6) Mahesh Bhatt, Liquid Crystalline Semiconducting Polymers, graduated Fall 2013.Previous position: Postdoc Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 06/2014-01/2017, (Advisor: Dr. Nitash P. Balsar).

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Current Position: Research Scientist at C-Crete Technologies.

7) Ruvini Kularatne, Donor-Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers, graduated Fall 2014.Previous Position: Postdoc Fellow at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Bioengineering, 01/2016-02/2017, (Advisor: Dr. Taylor Ware).Current Position: R&D Chemist at Air Liquide Electronics.

8) Harsha Magurudeniya, Novel Catalysts for GRIM Polymerization, graduated Summer 2014.Current Position: Postdoc Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

9) Elizabeth A. Rainbolt, Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers, graduated Fall 2014.Current Position: Senior Scientist at Pfizer.

10) Suchithra Senevirathne, Biodegradable Polymers Containing Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, graduated Summer 2015.Previous Position: Assistant Professor at Rajarata University, Sri Lanka.

11) Jia Du, Benzodithiophene Organic Semiconductors Organic Electronics, graduated Spring 2017.Current Position: Research Scientist at Lionano.

12) Katherine E. Washington, Functionized Poly(caprolactone) Block Copolymers for Enhanced Delivery of Doxorubicin through Micellar Drug Carriers, graduated Summer 2017.

13) Taniya Pathiranage, Polythiophene Liquid Crystalline Semiconducting Polymers, graduated Summer 2017. Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.

Current doctoral students:

14) Ruvanthi Kularatne, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Neodymium Catalyst for the Polymerization of Dienes, Polar Vinyl Monomers & Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactones, expected Spring 2018.

15) Chandima Bulumulla, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Polythiophene-Quantum Dots Hybrid Solar Cells, expected Spring 2018.

16) Vasanthy Karmegam, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, pH Responsive Polymers for Drug Delivery, expected Spring 2018.

17) Yixin Ren, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Systematic Studies of Neodymium Catalysts bearing Phosphate Ligands for Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters and Polymerization of Dienes, expected Spring 2018.

18) Ruwan Gunawardhana, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Donor-Acceptor Semiconductors for Perovskite Solar Cells, expected Spring 2019.

19) Justin Miller, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Novel Zinc Catalysts for the Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters, expected Spring 2020.

20) Md Muktadir Talukder, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Poly(alkylthiophene) based Block-Copolymers for Transistor Applications, expected Fall 2020.

21) Erika Calubaquib, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Donor-Acceptor Molecules for Near Infrared Imaging, expected, Spring 2021.

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22) Pooneh Soltantabar, Department of Bioengineering, Co-loading of Polyphenols and Doxorubicin in Polymeric Micelles, expected Spring 2021.

23) John Cue, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Systematic Variation of Phosphate Ligands of Neodymium Polymerization Catalysts, expected Spring 2021.

24) Hanghang Wang, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Aliphatic Polyesters for Drug Delivery Applications, expected Spring 2022.

Master student supervision:

1) Iravati Mandar Ambike, Department of Bioengineering, Novel Polymeric Materials to Replace the Polypropylene Mesh, expected Spring 2019.

2) Sugandha Chaudhary, Department of Bioengineering, Microfluidic Devices for Testing Doxorubicin Resveratrol Drug Combination, expected Spring 2019.

3) Harita Baskar, Department of Bioengineering, Microfluidic Devices for Testing Doxorubicin Quercitin Drug Combination, expected Spring 2019.

4) Crystal Niermann, Three-Dimensional Printing of Polyisoprene-block-Polystyrene-block-Poly(3-hexylthiophene), graduated Spring 2017. Current Position: Scientist at Adaptive 3D

Postdoctoral supervision:Kumaranand Palaniappan, 2007-2009.

Undergraduate supervision:

Current students:

1) Jerril Jacob Chemistry Major

2) Hiu Ching Kam Biochemistry Major

3) Stefanie Polderman Biochemistry Major

4) Nicholas Zverina Biochemistry Major

5) Trin Vo Chemistry Major

6) Madison Hill Chemistry Major

7) William Schleicher Chemistry Major

8) Heejin Shin Chemistry Major

9) Svaksha Lyengar Biochemistry Major

10) Anna Fiedler Chemistry Major

11) Faraaz Azam Biology Major

12) Kevin Nguyen Biochemistry Major

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13) Polo Plascencia Biomedical Engineering Major

Former students:

1) Robert Lane Business Major and Chemistry Minor

2) Eugene Stein Chemistry Major

3) Sean Olsen Biochemistry Major

4) Aruna Abubakar Biochemistry Major

5) Rebekah Sessoms Biology Major

6) Amber Potts Chemistry Major

7) Hema Jasti Chemistry Major

8) Masha Fardin Chemistry Major

9) Saloumeh Esmaeili Chemistry Major

10) John Servello Molecular Biology Major

11) Jennifer Griesel Biology Major

12) Patricia Granowski Neuroscience Major

13) Yun-Yue Han Chemistry Major

14) Elizabeth Schmiedel Chemistry Major

15) Katherine Washington Chemistry Major

16) Taryn Ourso Chemistry Major

17) Khuong Nguyen Psychology Major

18) Quan Hoang Biology Major

19) Ken Pham Biology Major

20) Sana Zekri Chemistry Major

21) Rebecca Kirby Biochemistry Major

22) Patrick Castro Chemistry and Biology Major

23) Sussana Elkassih Chemistry Major

24) Jacob Westbrook Biology Major

25) Martin Huynh Biochemistry Major

26) Tanner Rawlings Biochemistry Major

27) Kathleen Ohye Chemistry Major

28) Alex Chu Biochemistry Major

29) Daniel Jancan Chemistry Major

30) Daniela Rodriguez Chemistry Major

31) Aaronlee Archer Chemistry Major

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32) Jennifer Eng Chemistry Major

33) Noah Menard Chemistry Major

34) Beau Vandiver Biology Major

35) Alexander Burns Biochemistry Major

36) Timothy Kanski Chemistry Major

37) Ferdinand Taenzler Chemistry Major

38) Dorian Turner Biology Major

39) Parisa Khosravi Biology Major

40) Whitney Lampkin Biology Major

41) Stephanie Barata Biochemistry Major

42) Tri Bui Biomedical Engineering Major

43) Jack Webb Biochemistry Major

44) Amro Yassin-Awad Biology Major

45) Nicolette Doan Neuroscience Major

46) Matthew Gillings Biochemistry Major

47) Minkyung Kim Chemistry Major

48) Davy Krang Chemistry Major

49) Sidra Shah Biology Major

50) Janine Castro Biochemistry Major

51) Aria Mansoori Healthcare Studies Major

52) Danielle Reuben Chemistry Major

53) Tazeen Rizvi Biology Major

54) Wesley Tso Biochemistry Major

55) Kristen Payne Biology Major

56) Fady Guirguis Biochemistry Major

57) Jenny Raman Biochemistry Major

58) Gianna Weingarden Chemistry Major

59) Stephanie West Chemistry Major

60) Jermaine Cledera Chemistry Major

61) Michael Augostini Chemistry Major

62) Matthew Hensley Biochemistry Major

63) Rozene Gilerman Biology Major

64) Tamer Elashyi Chemistry Major

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65) Christy Lukose Biology Major

66) Annie Yang Chemistry Major

67) Cody Mills Chemistry Major

Visiting/exchange students:

1) Alma Rosa Melendez Martinez, University of Texas at Dallas-Mexico Research Summer Program, 06/16/2016-08/16/2016

2) Jeannete Ramirez Aparicio, CONACYT Fellowship, 08/01/2014-07/30/2015

High school student supervision:

1) Laurie Cullum, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2009

2) Mark Valdez, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2010

3) David Wang, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2011

4) Daniel Fan, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2012

5) Calvin Xin Geng, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2013

6) Ferdinand Taenzler, NSF-REU Student, 2012 and 2013

7) Seo Yun Jang, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2014

8) Sanjana Pappu, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2015

9) Adrian Andreescu, George A. Jeffrey Nanoexplorers Program, 2015

10) Ethan Brownlee, George A. Jeffrey Nanoexplorers Program, 2015

11) Olivia Liu, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2016

12) Nisha Kolagotla, Welch Summer Scholar Program, 2017

13) Faraaz Azam, National Merit Scholars Program, 2017

14) Kevin Nguyen, National Merit Scholars Program, 2017

15) Polo Plascencia, Clark Scholar Program, 2017

Classroom teaching:

1) 2007 Fall CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

2) 2008 Spring CHEM 4335 Polymer Chemistry

3) 2008 Fall CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

4) 2009 Spring CHEM 4335 Polymer Chemistry

5) 2009 Spring MSEN 5340 Advanced Polymer Science and Engineering

6) 2009 Fall CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

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7) 2009 Fall CHEM 5331 Advanced Organic Chemistry

8) 2010 Spring CHEM 4335 Polymer Chemistry

9) 2010 Fall CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

10) 2011 Spring CHEM 5340 Advanced Polymer Science and Engineering

11) 2011 Spring CHEM 4335 Polymer Chemistry

12) 2012 Spring CHEM 4335 Polymer Chemistry

13) 2012 Spring CHEM 6v39 Organic Electronics (Special Topics in Organic Chemistry)

14) 2012 Fall CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

15) 2013 Spring CHEM 5340 Advanced Polymer Science and Engineering

16) 2013 Fall CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I

17) 2013 Fall BMEN 3310 Fluid Mechanics and Transport Processes in Biomedical Engineering

18) 2014 Spring CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

19) 2015 Spring CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

20) 2015 Spring CHEM 5340 Advanced Polymer Science and Engineering

21) 2015 Fall NATS 1101 Natural Science and Mathematics Freshman Seminar

22) 2016 Spring CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

23) 2016 Fall CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I

24) 2016 Fall HONS 3199 Untold Secrets of Chemistry and Physics (Collegium V Honors Reading)

25) 2017 Spring CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II

26) 2017 Spring CHEM 2324 Introductory Organic Chemistry for Engineers

27) 2017 Fall HONS 3199 Untold Secrets of Chemistry and Physics (Collegium V Honors Reading)

Service:

1) 2016: Organizer for the “Functional Polymers” Symposium, 2016 SWRM Regional Meeting, Galveston, TX, November 10-13, 2016

2) 2016: Organizer for the “Texas Soft Matter Meeting”, University of Texas at Dallas, 08/12/2016

3) 2016-present: Member of the AES Advisory Committee, UTD

4) 2016-present: Member of the President’s Teaching Excellence Award Committee, UTD

5) 2016: Organizer for the “Polymer-Related Energy Conversion & Storage” symposium, 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016

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6) 2014: Organizer for the “Synthesis and Applications of Conjugated Materials: Contributions from Texas and Beyond” symposium, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, United States, March 16-20, 2014

7) 2013-present: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Macromolecules and ACS Macro Letters

8) 2013-2014: Chair of the DFW-ACS Awards Committee

9) 2011-2015: Member of the DFW-ACS Awards Committee

10) 2011-present: Graduate Advisor, Department of Chemistry, UTD

11) 2011: Member of the Search Committee for the Dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

12) 2011: Member of the Search Committee for an Assistant professor in Polymers/Materials Science

13) 2008-2011: Seminar Program Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, UTD (30 invited speakers)

Graduate students upon whose dissertation committees served:

1) Nimali Abeykoon (Advisor: Dr. John Ferraris) Ph.D., 2017

2) Sahila Perananthan (Advisor: Dr. John Ferraris) Ph.D., 2017

3) Duminidika Siriwardane (Advisor: Dr. Bruce Novak) Ph.D., 2017

4) Elizabeth Braun (Advisor: Dr. Paul Pantano) Ph.D., 2016

5) Jingbo Wu (Advisor: Dr. Dennis Smith) Ph.D., 2015

6) Raymond Campos (Advisor: Dr. Bruce Novak) Ph.D., 2015

7) Benjamin Batchelor (Advisor: Dr.Bruce Novak) Ph.D., 2015

8) Samsuddin Faisal Mahmood (Advisor: Dr. Duck Yang) Ph.D., 2015

9) Samodha Subhashini Gunathilaka (Advisor: Dr. Michael Biewer) Ph.D., 2014

10) Daniel Tran (Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Balkus) Ph.D., 2014

11) Peishen Huang (Advisor: Dr. Michael Biewer) Ph.D., 2014

12) Fadwa Hussein Anka (Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Balkus) Ph.D., 2013

13) Emir Hubijar (Advisor: Dr. John Ferraris) Ph.D., 2013

14) Sumudu Nulukshi Wijenayake (Advisor: Dr. John Ferraris) Ph.D., 2013

15) Michael Raman Perez (Advisor: Dr. Bruce Gnade) Ph.D., 2013

16) Sriram Yagneswaran (Advisor: Dr. Dennis Smith) Ph.D., 2012

17) Doyun Lee (Advisor: Dr. John Ferraris) Ph.D., 2012

18) Dinushi Randima Samarajeewa (Advisor: Dr. Inga Musselman) Ph.D., 2012

19) Danel Dei (Advisor: Dr. Michael Biewer) Ph.D., 2010

20) Harney Alex Liu (Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Balkus) Ph.D., 2009

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21) Abdel Aziz Rahy (Advisor: Dr. Duck Yang) Ph.D., 2008

Reviewing:

Reviewer for NSF, PRF, and DOE.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C Macromolecular Rapid CommunicationsJournal of the American Chemical Society Journal of Polymer Science Part AMacromolecular Chemistry and Physics Advanced Functional MaterialsChemical Communications Journal of Physical ChemistryEuropean Polymer Journal Molecular PharmaceuticsBiomacromolecules Chemistry of MaterialsOrganic Electronics Advanced MaterialsChemical Science Polymer ChemistryMacromolecules Organic LettersACS Nano Soft MatterLangmuir

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